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First LookSouth Korea voted to impeach its president. What happens next?Close ties between the US and South Korea could become less so under new governments in both countries.聽The ouster provides an opening for the聽center-left South Korean opposition, which has criticized trade and military ties with the US.
As South Korean women fight for their rights, the gloves come offBy holding up a confrontational online 'mirror' to South Korea's conservative yet tech-savvy society, a provocative website has paved a path for a new generation of activist young feminists.
First LookRescue workers search for survivors in 6.5-magnitude earthquake in IndonesiaClose to 100 people were killed and hundreds others injured by an earthquake that struck Indonesia's Aceh province early Wednesday morning.
Why a presidential scandal is boosting free speech in South KoreaThe level of protest and criticism of President Park is聽a major shift for a country that the聽UN Human Rights Committee warned last year was using criminal defamation laws to prosecute critics.
First LookNew Zealand's prime minister unexpectedly steps downAfter more than eight years in power, John Key聽said on Monday that it was the 'right time' to leave politics.
First LookWhy that Trump phone call to Taiwan is so controversialPresident-elect Donald Trump's phone call with Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen is drawing ire from China as concerns arise about stability of future Sino-US relations.- North Korea rejects UN sanctionsNorth Korea called the sanctions聽an "abuse of power" and will be met with tough countermeasures.
Women find their voice as S. Korea's first female president falls from graceThe presidential scandal鈥檚 bizarre details have provided fertile ground for misogynistic beliefs in a nation where gender inequality is deeply entrenched. But women are pushing back.
First LookWill tougher UN sanctions cool North Korea's nuclear ambitions?The 15-member UN Security Council tightened sanctions Wednesday following North Korea's latest nuclear tests in September.
First LookCan Suu Kyi deliver on her promise of a path to peace for Myanmar?Following a flare-up of clashes between security forces and the minority Muslim Rohingya community in Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi is under pressure to address the violence.- First LookWhy South Korea's president asked parliament to help her resignSouth Korean president Park Geun-hye said Tuesday that she was willing to step down 鈥� and asked for parliament's guidance. For many, it's an effort to prolong her rule, even as she faces a corruption scandal and record levels of unpopularity.
South Korean leader says she'll resign after lawmakers actPresident Park Geun-hye聽said she will "leave the matters about my fate, including the shortening of my presidential term, to be decided by the National Assembly," referring to parliament.
Thailand's parliament invites crown prince to assume throneThe Cabinet, following a 1924 law on succession, submitted Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn's name to the National Assembly after a brief meeting, where members formally acknowledged him as the new monarch.
First LookJapan loves its fish, just not frozen into an ice skating rinkAn amusement park in Japan closed a skating rink that featured thousands of fish frozen into the ice, after a flood of Facebook posts decried the attraction as 'immoral.'
Trump rejection of Pacific Rim trade pact rued in AsiaTrump's message was issued just after leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group ended their annual summit Sunday.
Seoul would have to take greater defense burden if Trump demands-ministerTrump prompted alarm during his campaign by saying he would be willing to withdraw American forces stationed in South Korea unless聽Seoul聽paid a greater share of their cost.聽
Offshore quake causes tsunamis, nuclear worries in JapanIt was the largest earthquake in northeastern Japan since the 2011 one and some large aftershocks the same day.
First LookFighting in northeastern Myanmar puts China's army on alertAfter an attack by ethnic separatists聽near China's border with Myanmar, China said that its military聽would act to protect its citizens.
Stalled out? Why women may cheer Shanghai's gender-free public toilet.China's financial capital opens its first such facility Saturday 鈥� World Toilet Day 鈥� in hopes it will address 聽a key gender disparity in access to sanitation: wait times.聽
First LookWhy the Shenzhou 11 landing is another leap forward for ChinaThe space capsule carrying two taikonauts successfully landed in northern inner Mongolia on Friday, after 30 days in low Earth orbit docked at China's Tiangong 2聽space station.